Techstars to Launch Accelerator for Music-Industry Tech Startups

The music industry is getting its own version of a tech-world rite of passage: a three-month “accelerator” program for music startups trying to get off the ground.

Techstars, a 10-year-old Boulder, Colo., company that runs business accelerators across the country with specialties from health care to retail, is starting to accept applications this week for its first music-industry focused program, launching in February.